Product Owner (Senior)
Imizizi
Reference: JHB001473-KF-1
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Extensive Agile Master working experience
- Experience in Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban
- Excellent facilitation and coaching skills
- Ability to lead, organize and mentor Feature Teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS
- Understanding of SAP HCM modules
- German Language skills are a bonus.
- Excellent usage of MS Office tools (Excel, Word & PowerPoint).
- Working knowledge of AI tools
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools
- Experience in data-driven decision making and analytics
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Align internal and external IT/business stakeholders.
- Create transparency regarding resources, requirements, competencies and implementation status to Products
- and Domains.
- Define, request, track and, if necessary, escalate the required resources (incl. skills, capacity).
- Implement the product vision and roadmap.
- Steer internal/external consultants and serve as a quality assurance of their deliverables.
- Adhere to the Agile Working Methodology
- Daily use of the Agile Tool Chain and content-wise steering of all team meetings, including Stand-ups, Sprint
- Review, Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Planning meetings, etc.
- Determine acceptance criteria/definition of done and evaluate the developed product scope, decision regarding
- release or rework in the product backlog.
- Identify improvements to the Product Owner regarding the Product Owner hierarchy, including the Feature
- Teams as well as all relevant internal functions and external partners, if necessary.
- Create transparency regarding resources, requirements, competencies and implementation status to Products
- and Domains.
- Soft Skills
- Ability to interpret Business requirements and move concepts through to proposal and successful
- implementation.
- Take consultative approach to challenge customers’ requested solution design, should a better alternative exist.
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
- Relevant IT / Business qualification
- Scrum Master Certification
- 6+ years relevant experience
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